Originally, the person Manchester United was trying to bring was not head coach Hoobeng Amorim.
England's The Athletic revealed how manager Amorim became the head coach of Manchester United through an exclusive report on the 2nd (Korea time).
After the 2023-2024 season, Manchester United considered breaking up with manager Erik ten-Hach. It was considered even before winning the FA Cup. This is because poor performance in the Premier League (EPL) was not tolerated. Manchester United have six candidates, according to The Athletic. Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto de Gerby, Thomas Frank, Marco Silva, and Graham Potter were considered.
At this time, Amorim was not a candidate for Manchester United's next coach. Amorim was not excluded at all. Jason Wilcox, Manchester United football director, has been recommended by football connections to Amorim. Director Wilcox acknowledged that he was a very outstanding person after speaking informally with Amorim, but decided that it was too much to appoint Amorim, who had no experience in the Premier League or overseas leagues.
Since then, Manchester United's leadership has evaluated its qualifications as a head coach by conducting interviews with six existing candidates. As a result of the interview, the final candidates were Thomas Tuchel, who was scheduled to leave Bayern Munich, and Robert De Gerby, who was confirmed to be separated from Brighton.
However, negotiations between the two coaches broke down. The Athletic said 'Tuchel met with Manchester United leaders in Monaco two weeks after the FA Cup final. It came shortly after Erik ten-Hach's side won a crucial victory over Manchester City. Tuchel made a very good impression but terms were not agreed and he was not ready to take over as United manager. He explained that he wanted a break after a difficult time at Bayern.
After the failure to appoint Tuchel, Manchester United negotiated with De Zerby, but the result did not change. The media reported that `De Zerby became the top candidate, and the financial terms were discussed at the level that Manchester United deemed appropriate. However, the terms were rejected by De Zerby's side, and the club decided not to raise the amount', revealing that De Zerby had failed the trend because he wanted too much money.
After the failure to appoint a new coach, the result was that Ten Hach remained in office, but Ten Hach was dismissed without reversing the atmosphere. The leaders of Manchester United held another meeting from the ground up to consider the new head coach, at which time Amorim was selected as the top candidate.
Manchester United's leadership has no Premier League experience in the appointment of Amorim and judged that there are disadvantages in the tactical system. Still, he gave Amorim a chance and concluded that the coach could grow with the team, so he decided to bring Amorim. As expected, Amorim's shortcomings came from Manchester United, and public opinion toward Amorim is still not good.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
